Description: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH - 1901, Volume 16 Book Details + Condition: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. (London). First Edition, 1901. Hardcover. 649 pages, with Index to rear. Scarce first edition, original copy of PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PSYCHICAL RESEARCH from 1901. Publisher's original green cloth boards with gilt title, etc. to spine. Contents of this volume include Professor James H. Hyslop's well-noted thesis on "The Observations of Certain Trance Phenomena". Please see our other listings for more first editions of THE SOCIETY OF PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, as well as information about the organization below. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; some discoloration and aging to boards; old cataloguing sticker to bottom of spine; text is clean and free of markings. On the front free endpaper is a slip from the London Spiritualist Alliance Library (this one being blank); the same stamp to upper corner of inside front board, and another sticker stating "Not to be taken out. Presented by Mrs. Home and the late Col. L.E.M. Taylor." The Society for Psychical Research was created in 1882, with Henry Sidgwick serving as its first president. Its stated purpose was to apply scientific methods to the investigation of psychic phenomena and the paranormal. Areas of study included hypnotism, dissociation, thought-transference, mediumship, spirit possession, apparitions and haunted houses and the physical phenomena associated with séances. The SPR were the first to introduce a number of neologisms which have entered the English language, such as 'telepathy', which was coined by Frederic Myers. Much of the early work involved investigating, exposing and in some cases duplicating fake phenomena. Among its most renowned members were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Price, and William T. Stead. Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions! Also check out our other rare and out-of-print antiquarian books at Black Cat Caboodle. SHIPPING & PAYMENTShipping & Handling — covers shipping via USPS to anywhere in the continental U.S. and within eBay's Global Shipping Program.Payment is due within 3 days of end of auction. Black Cat Caboodle THANKS you for looking!
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Year Printed: 1901
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Occult
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Various
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co.
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
